During the latest edition of his “Steve Austin Show” podcast at PodcastOne.com, WWE Hall Of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin spoke with MLW’s Court Bauer about WrestleMania 32.
According to Bauer, “The Rattlesnake” should have been involved in a more high-profile spot on the show, a point that Austin seemed to agree with, while still focusing on the positives.
“I’m not going to argue that point, but it was what it was. I made an appearance at [WrestleMania] 32. Everybody expected to see me there. Dallas [Texas] is where I started [my professional wrestling career], and, so, I ended up going out there and it was a pleasure to be out there with Shawn [Michaels] and Mick [Foley].”
Additionally, Austin revealed that he suffered a torn rotator cuff prior to WrestleMania 32, an injury that prevented him from doing as much as he would have liked.
The hardest thing for me was, I went into that event with a torn rotator cuff. I tore it pretty good trying to train too heavy and I figured I’d be able to work around it. What I didn’t factor in was the fact that I was going to need a few working punches to get into a position to throw the Stunners that they wanted me to throw. So, on that first right hand to Rusev, I hit him right in the mouth [or] right in the nose, just busted him open, got him in the corner, and that first punch blew everything out. And so, getting through the rest of it, catching the beers, holding those beers up when you’re in the moment with the adrenaline and all that going, it’s easy to do. All of a sudden, backstage, you can’t even drink a beer, so I went into that with a bit of a handicap, so the thing about it is it was what it was.”
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